The world of materials is developing rapidly and is becoming increasingly complex. A high class and attractive product today distinguishes itself especially through a perfect combination of intelligent material selection, expert engineering, high degree of innovation and impressive design. Due to its unique appeal to designers and engineers, the Materialica Design and Technology Award has become one of the most important awards recognizing innovation in the area of material development and material applications since it was introduced in 2003. Materialica Design + Technology Award is awarded in 5 Categories: Material, Surface&Technology, Product, CO2 Efficiency and Special Award: Student. This year, the jury selected the best works among more than 100 applications. For the Irreversible Crash Absorber made of aluminium and carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP), which was developed under the project UL4C together with the Austrian partners Fachhochschule Kärnten and W3C, we received the Gold Award in the category Product (Gold Award Certificate).